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SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for dataset discovery
From 4 comments
One of the very, very few "Show HN's" I would give an A+ for the idea. Even better would be a focus on FTP, e.g., datasets available as bulk data without silly "API's". In the…
rawdisk on HNGreat idea! Subscribed. Have you posted to Datatau? I'll bet there's some folks over there that would be interested as well.
thehoff on HNVery cool idea, I've just subscribed as well. And I am thinking about starting the same thing, but for my own country. The current links are almost exclusively from the US.
cstuder on HNLove the idea. Is this the first of its kind?
edaniels on HN
Subscribers joined quickly
From 3 comments
This is great!! I just subscribed. It would be helpful if each past issue in the archive list would tell what sets it presents, instead of all having the same subtitle...?
bambax on HNGreat idea! Subscribed. Have you posted to Datatau? I'll bet there's some folks over there that would be interested as well.
thehoff on HNVery cool idea, I've just subscribed as well. And I am thinking about starting the same thing, but for my own country. The current links are almost exclusively from the US.
cstuder on HN
Objections
Landing page did not explain what content the newsletter covers
From 1 comment
Thanks for posting those links. The original link isn't to explanatory about what types of content the mailing list will have.
adjwilli on HN
Archive entries all share the same subtitle
From 1 comment
This is great!! I just subscribed. It would be helpful if each past issue in the archive list would tell what sets it presents, instead of all having the same subtitle...?
bambax on HN
Requests
Describe each issue's datasets in the archive summary
From 2 comments
This is great!! I just subscribed. It would be helpful if each past issue in the archive list would tell what sets it presents, instead of all having the same subtitle...?
bambax on HNYes, it would! ;-)
bambax on HN
Offer bulk FTP-style dataset downloads instead of APIs
From 1 comment
One of the very, very few "Show HN's" I would give an A+ for the idea. Even better would be a focus on FTP, e.g., datasets available as bulk data without silly "API's". In the…
rawdisk on HN
Offer an RSS feed option
From 1 comment
This looks excellent. Are you wedded to the email newsletter distribution format, or would RSS be reasonable as well?
daviross on HN
Questions
Is this the first of its kind?
From 1 comment
Love the idea. Is this the first of its kind?
edaniels on HN
Has it been posted to Datatau?
From 1 comment
Great idea! Subscribed. Have you posted to Datatau? I'll bet there's some folks over there that would be interested as well.
thehoff on HN
Alternatives named
dat-data.com
From 1 comment
So no one is using dat, despite all the hype? http://dat-data.com/
fiatjaf on HN